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Oh Lordy, Lordy
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This is gonna be the last YouTube video in the series on the general biblical storyline. I realize that I am leaving out the material at the end of the story referring to the Consummation, but that is because I havent read enough on the topic at this point to feel qualified to speak on it. Eventually I do hope to post on that, especially since there are some pretty nutty views on it, but not yet. In the mean time, enjoy this video that is a follow up and clarifier to last week’s. I do present some new information that is gonna be on the less popular side, so that may end up being the focus for our discussion. As always, let me know if there are any suggestions, questions, and/or discrepancies.
A Contradiction in Scripture
This week I was reading Romans 7 at a Bible study. As we read and discussed, I became frustrated. Paul seemed so clearly to contradict himself. Paul first argues that the law is dead to Christians, and that the Christian is now united with Christ instead of the law. Paul says that the law “aroused” sinful passions within him, and thus the law brings death. So it sounds like the law is bad, even evil, right?
But Paul says, “What then shall we say? That the law is sin? By no means! Yet if it had not been for the law, I would not have known sin” (v. 7). The law is not sin, it is through the law we become aware of sin. But then why does Paul say, “apart from the law, sin lies dead” (v.8)? It just doesn’t seem to make sense how something that produces sin can be good.
